Whole Foods, and whatever happened to "I respectfully disagree."

An old article from Jezebel points out that the Whole Foods healthy discount program where you get discounts based on BMI, Blood pressure, cholesterol and smoking) may not only be illegal but an invasion of privacy. Really, I don't ever want my to have any of my medical history. I've already given my two cents repeatedly on this stupid Whole Foods debacle  (for example, if you are fat but don't smoke, have normal blood pressure and and cholesterol, you get nothing.)  I'd also like to point out that Whole Foods carries genetically modified food.  So what is the point of even going to Whole foods when I can buy cheaper GMO food at my local supermarket?

Speaking of fat bullies, Pattie Thomas has come out with another wonderfully written blog post on Psychology Today and which calls out the trolls death wish on fatties, especially those who made comments about the untimely death of plus size model and actress Mia Amber Davis. (She died from a blood clot during knee surgery from a sports related injury). Pattie also uses her own blog as an example where the trolls speculated that she died when she took a leave of absence. I have my own trolls. Most of the comments I don't let through is dieting advice but occasionally I get told that I should die, will die, go to hell, get cancer and are scum (usually from people with a multitude of spelling errors). 

I don't let these comments in for my regular readers, the ones who come here and want a safe space from fat hatred. I also want to set a good example for my 13 year old autistic nephew to not let unimportant people ruin my day or control my life. Pattie brings up the term Schadenfreude to describe people who find joy in other people's deaths and she also brings up the idea that the "War on Obesity" has made fat people the enemy.  Is that the reason people feel the need to wish me dead because they see me as the enemy? I would never wish death on people I disagreed with (with some exceptions such as mass murderers although I certainly wouldn't find joy in their deaths.)

Mia Amber Davis was a lovely, talented and beautiful woman that I unfortunately never had the pleasure of meeting. I'm facebook friends with one her good friends and for weeks I heard about the pain Mia's death had caused her family and friends. Only a monster would seek joy in this.